Tag Archives: Jurisdiction

A Florida company could not be forced to defend a breach-of-contract claim in Massachusetts based on a series of emails it exchanged with a company in Lawrence to arrange a business transaction that ultimately went sour, the Appellate Division for ...

A foreign sovereign, as well as its agencies and instrumentalities, could be sued in federal court for allegedly failing to pay for asset recovery work performed by a private entity, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined.

A Superior Court judge has ruled that an auto insurer could bring an action for declaratory judgment stating that it did not have to pay a PIP claim because of “non-cooperation” by an insured, even though a non-payment action by ...

Where the Department of Industrial Accidents vacated an administrative judge’s award and dismissed the subsequent appeal based upon a lack of subject matter jurisdiction, the board erred and its decision must be vacated.

Where question exists as to whether the plaintiff pleaded the jurisdictional amount in its breach of contract suit in good faith, I will afford the plaintiff two weeks to show cause, in a memorandum not to exceed five pages, why its complaint should not be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

Where an appellant is seeking an abatement of personal income taxes for the tax years 1992 through 1994 and 1996 through 2001, the abatement request must be denied for lack of jurisdiction because it was not filed within 60 days after notice of an adverse decision by the Commissioner of Revenue.

Where plaintiffs have filed suit against defendants for alleged improprieties connected with the failed purchase of a business, I hold that the complaint must be dismissed, as the plaintiffs have not established either general or specific personal jurisdiction here.

Where a plaintiff union of state employees has filed an intervention motion, alleging that the commonwealth is not in compliance with a 1993 disengagement order, I find that the motion must be denied because the union lacks standing and this court lacks jurisdiction.

Where a plaintiff filed suit on Jan. 26, 2010, alleging that he was wrongfully retaliated against, in violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, after raising concerns regarding purported misconduct by the defendants in connection with securities transactions, I decide that the U.S. District Court has jurisdiction over the plaintiff’s claim, not the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration panel.

Where (1) a single justice of the Appeals Court ruled that personal jurisdiction was lacking over one of the defendants, Johnny W. Floyd Jr., in Massachusetts and remanded the case to the Superior Court for dismissal and (2) the plaintiff did not appeal the single justice’s decision to the full Appeals Court, I will dismiss the suit, but only as against defendant Johnny W. Floyd Jr.